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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Fri Apr 18, 2014, 01:16 PM Apr 2014

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Only in America....

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Only in America.... (Original Post) Playinghardball Apr 2014 OP

Seriously? "only in america"? Min wage needs raising to say "only in america" is wtf uppityperson Apr 2014 #1

Instances of people called "working poor" in... WatermelonRat Apr 2014 #2

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)

1. Seriously? "only in america"? Min wage needs raising to say "only in america" is wtf

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Fri Apr 18, 2014, 01:34 PM

Apr 2014

WatermelonRat

(340 posts)

2. Instances of people called "working poor" in...

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Fri Apr 18, 2014, 03:27 PM

Apr 2014

Australia
http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/underemployment-australias-working-poor/story-e6frfm9r-1226583071457

Canada
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/07/30/ontarios_working_poor_pay_with_their_health.html
http://vibrantcanada.ca/content/working-poor-hidden-face-poverty-0
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/the-poor-in-toronto-theyre-working-but-not-getting-any-richer/article4171459/?page=all
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2013-09-28/article-3409749/Working-poor-in-Prince-Edward-Island-struggle-to-fill-the-fridge-and-cupboards/1

Germany
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/report-cites-rise-in-low-wage-workers-dependent-on-welfare-benefits-a-898693.html
http://www.dw.de/germanys-working-poor-drive-the-countrys-jobs-miracle/a-15808146
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/hidden-by-glowing-stats-germanys-poor-struggle/article5096120.ece

UK
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-25287068
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/working-poor-trapped-in-unbreakable-cycle-of-poverty-turn-to-food-banks-in-their-lunch-breaks-9117820.html
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/mar/17/life-britain-working-poor
http://www.equaltimes.org/news/uk-working-poor-on-the-rise

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